{"id":244475,"date":"2025-10-22T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/244475\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:22:09","slug":"ios-26-gave-carplay-the-messages-feature-id-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/244475\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26 gave CarPlay the Messages feature I\u2019d been waiting for"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s turning out to be a huge year for CarPlay<\/a>, surprising many of us after years of middling updates. Among the host of new CarPlay features just added in iOS 26<\/a>, there\u2019s a key fix for what\u2019s long been the most annoying Messages issue for me: the lack of tapbacks support.<\/p>\n

CarPlay in iOS 26 adds support for Messages tapbacks<\/p>\n

Ever since Apple unveiled the \u201cnext generation of CarPlay\u201d in 2022, new updates for the standard CarPlay experience have been fairly underwhelming.<\/p>\n

But things are starting to change<\/a>, with CarPlay Ultra\u2019s launch finally arriving and iOS 26 bringing a packed lineup of new CarPlay features<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One such feature is the kind of low-hanging fruit that serves as perfect evidence of CarPlay\u2019s previous lack of attention from Apple.<\/p>\n

Tapbacks are a core feature of the Messages app, and have been since they debuted almost a decade ago in iOS 10.<\/p>\n

Yet until now, you could never send tapbacks over CarPlay.<\/p>\n

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This has proven especially annoying for me personally, as my typical Messages conversations almost always end with a tapback. <\/p>\n

Using a thumbs up, heart, or laughing emoji has become extremely common for me. It\u2019s a way to acknowledge the previous message but also intentionally not continue the conversation.<\/p>\n

Now with iOS 26, tapbacks are finally supported in CarPlay\u2019s Messages app.<\/p>\n

The same simple convenience of tapbacks on the iPhone is now available inside the car too.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the only Messages change: pinned conversations are supported in CarPlay too.<\/p>\n

These features join the variety of other iOS 26 upgrades for the Messages app<\/a> on iPhone.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s hoping Apple\u2019s renewed CarPlay efforts are a sign that Apple won\u2019t let similarly core app features, like tapbacks, go absent from the car for so long moving forward.<\/p>\n

Are you glad that CarPlay finally supports tapbacks in Messages? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

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